Stay With Me

Beschreibung

WINNER OF THE 9MOBILE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE<BR>LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE<BR><BR>Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. <BR><BR> Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood.

It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak.

Angaben vom Händler.